Gretchen Peters

Artist:  Gretchen Peters
Born:  November 14, 1957
Origin:  Bronxville, New York, USA
Genre:  Country, Folk, Folk Rock, Contemporary Country, Country Folk
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Piano

Gretchen Peters is an American Singer and Songwriter from Bronxville, New York and moved to Nashville in the late 1980s.  She worked as a songwriter and composing hits for Martina McBride, Etta James, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, George Strait, Anne Murray, Neil Diamond and co-writing with Bryan Adams.  She won the Country Music Association Song Of The Year Award for Martina McBride's "Independence Day" in 1995.  She was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on October 5, 2014.

Title:   Blackbirds  (2015)
Genre:  Country, Folk, Folk Rock, Contemporary Country, Country Folk
Label:  Scarlet Letter Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Blackbirds  (4:33)
 2.  Pretty Things  (5:03)
 3.  When All You Got Is A Hammer  (3:48)
 4.  Everything Falls Away  (4:07)
 5.  The House On Auburn Street  (5:23)
 6.  When You Comin' Home (feat. Jimmy La Fave) (2:59)
 7.  Jubilee  (4:48)
 8.  Black Ribbons  (4:56)
 9.  Nashville  (4:51)
10. The Cure For The Pain  (4:13)
11. Blackbirds (Reprise)  (4:49)

Personnel:

Gretchen Peters:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Doug Lancio:  Electric Guitar on Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 String Guitar on Track 2, Baritone Electric Guitar on Tracks: 3, 7, Banjo on Tracks: 3, 6, 7,  Bass on Track 4, Drums on Track 4, Acoustic Guitar on Track 4, Percussion on Track 6
Will Kimbough:  Slide Mandola on Tracks: 1,  5, 7, Charango on Tracks: 2, 3, 7, 9, Acoustic Guitar on Track 6, Banjo on Track 10, Mandolin on Track 11
Barry Walsh:  Piano on Tracks:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, Organ on Tracks: 1, 3, 6, Pump Organ on Tracks: 2, 3, 7, 10, Accordion on Track 7
Dave Rose:  Bass on Tracks: 1, 7, 11, Upright Bass on Tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10
Nick Buda:  Drums on Tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
Kim Richey:  Vocals on Tracks: 2, 5   
Jason Bell:  Vocals on Track 3
Jerry Douglas:  Dobro on Tracks: 3, 6, 9, 11, Guitbro on Track 10 
David Henry:  Cello on Tracks: 4, 5, 7, 9, Violin on Tracks: 7, 9
Mickey Raphael:  Harmonica on Track 6
Jimmy La Fave:  Duet Vocals on Track 6  
Matraca Berg:  Vocals on Track 8
Suzi Bogguss:  Vocals on Track 8
David Mead:  Vocals on Track 9 

Blackbirds is the new album by Gretchen Peters, was released on February 10, 2015 by Scarlet Letter Records, featuring duet with Jimmy La Fave on "When You Comin' Home", Jerry Douglas, Kim Richey and Suzi Bogguss.  The album is good and great sad songs feels more like Soft Folk Rock such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.